#nicki jones

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Opinions on copycat heroes? As in people that take up abandoned mantles.

I always found facinating how you can take over the name of someone you have never met, but my buddie thinks is kind of morbid, specially when the hero is dead.

I think "copycat heroes" is the wrong nomenclature in this case, unless we're talking about something specific. I'll give you a broader example of the kind that I'm mostly sure you're talking about and then a second example of the more...strict case.

Now, what I THINK you mean when you say "copycat" in this case are heroes who take names that have previously been used by others without having a direct relationship to that hero. Especially if said hero has passed on. Without some kind of acknowledgement from the original hero to pass on their names. Excuse me for a semi-repeated example but I just answered another ask on this heroic legacy so it's on my mind.

(The most famous photograph of the 5th hero to call himself Starman, The Arizona Daily Star)

This Starman is a famous and beloved hero in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona and the surrounding southwest. As far as we are publically aware he has no relation to the Knight family or either of the previous aliens who held the title in the interregnum between Ted Knight's retirement and Jack Knight's temporary assumption of the mantle.

Despite having taken this title for himself, while Ted Knight was very much living, this Starman is remembered as having bravely faced menaces like Bolt and Doctor Polaris, even stepping up to the challenge of the Dominator invasion and eventually giving his life in battle against the villainous Eclipso.

When asked about this very thing, I think Jack Knight put it best in his VERY long final interview. "I didn't know the guy personally but no one I've ever met who did has ever said an unkind word about him. I read some of the things he did, some of the fights he took, even how he went out...Connected with his family pretty deep after I found out about him too. No names you understand, even for the dead but the bottom line is that he was there when people needed him and he died with his colors on. Hell, probably a better Starman than I ever amounted to."

Now the OTHER example is much rarer and shows a facet of this part of the superhero community that I think throws things into a stark enough relief to be understood.

(An image of Nicki Jones as "Jade", taken from her "Infinity Inc" trading card, the image is of her first appearance at the Metropolis Thanksgiving Parade)

Nicki Jones was not the perpetrator of the crime on display here, we can lay the entirety of the blame for thist "Infinity Inc" farce at the feet of Lex Luthor and we all know it, but the example is demonstrative.

The entire effort was an affront to the good name of heroes who, living or dead, had sacrificed and struggled directly in the legacy of their JSA predecessors and names they made their own. Scooped out through a dubious buyout of the Pemberton estate (which is why its now the law that superhero names and images are not under business copyright as characters but as the good names of individuals). Lex Luthor using his money to rub the JSA's noses in it. But this "fake Jade" was a step too far, as the real Jade, Jennie-Lynn Hayden, the daughter of the original Green Lantern had recently perished in a battle during the 2nd Multiversal Crisis. Her brother, Obsidian, famously inflammatory in nature confronted her in front of the public and was only barely restrained from violence by the very curt intervention of his father. The entire enterprise would be very quickly revealed as a shit show from top to bottom and none of the "heroes" within it worth the paper their stickers and endorsements were printed on but that's neither here nor there.

The deciding factor here is intent and respect.

Superheroes do not view themselves, nor do they act as if they are copyrighted beings. There is no officially enforced code of conduct within their community. There is simply a mutual understanding that that community self enforce for the sake of the public trust and their bonds with one another. The Arizona Starman was a hero, by all accounts and in every sense. He wore the name he chose well and acted with all heroic intentions. Had he ever met a member of the Knight clan I'm sure they would have worked it out amicably over coffee and a handshake.

The Infinity Inc "project" trotted out the corpse of a woman who wasn't even a year dead as if she was the newest iPhone to replace. When confronted by the people who loved and respected Jade in life, both their intentions for that name and respect upon it were found wanting.

If you are found to be dragging someone else's name, especially the name of a departed comrade through the mud. The superhero community will not settle the matter in intellectual claims court.

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Glen Powell vs. Daisy Edgar-Jones | Hot Ones Versus

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all for the game social media au — the summer olympics edition (pt. 7): EVERYONEEE the sebastian & aaron tweet is inspired by @minyard-05’s fic called golden on ao3 and y’all should DEFINITELY read it!!!! it’s genuinely so beautifully written so yeah 🙂‍↕️ would 10/10 recommend + ENJOY SOME SEBASTIAN HEADCANONS WHILE WE’RE AT IT 🫶🏼

another disclaimer: would jean ever offer to go to marseille?? no, i know he wouldn’t. BUT for the 2024 summer olympics he ended up in france anyway and can’t a girl (me) be all about healing and romanticising life? can’t i just believe if he did end up in france anyway he might have realized maybe it isn’t so bad after all— and maybe this place does not have to haunt him forever if he just has the right people with him??? no??? okay well IM SORRY

also if u made it this far to my notes WE’VE DONE IT ‼️ IT’S THE END OF THE TROJANS AND OLYMPIC SOCMED AU will maybe do another post to tell y’all so it’s not hidden all the way down here or put it in the masterlist but oh well we’ll see

ANYWAYS I HAD SO MUCH FUN DOING THIS AND I’M SO SO VERY GLAD Y’ALL SEEMED TO ENJOY IT. I LOVED INTERACTING W Y’ALL AND SEEING THE INBOXES ABOUT HOW Y’ALL PERCEIVED EVERYONE (shawn anderson we’ve learned your name o.o)

please feel free to keep sending me inboxes about things that remind y’all of the trojans hehehe and PLEASE feel free to grab and take any dynamics/characteristics for your own work/thoughts if you’d like

ALSO if you’re really sad about the socmed au ending I CAN PUT YOU ON TWO OF MY FAVOURITES SOCMED AUS RIGHT NOW:

@jeanmoroses: MASTERLIST — tsc social media au

@mqmneee: AFTG/TSC SOCMED AU MASTERLIST

hmm thinking really hard if i missed something but i’m sure this is about it— once again THANK Y’ALL for making this such a fun time for me and for letting me be silly about these characters i love y’all it’s been a BLAST

🩷🌷

[riickgrimes]

[nexttopbadbitch]

🐆 pt. 2

[creativelycomplex]

“Do battle with Sam Reid.” Like Rolin really said Sam and Jacob are the standard all other actors have to meet in order to be cast. And the fact they’ve already written for Nicki, I literally can’t wait for season 3.

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Celebrity Melons

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How Strong Is A Woman (Ann Peebles cover) by Nicki Bluhm, live at Americanafest in Nashville for Jam In The Van

[vintagerocker69]

Happy 80th birthday to the boy from Dartford the original "Jumpin Jack Flash" Keith Richards.

"There isn't a Guitarist like Keith Richards , theirs isn't a Guitarist that comes anywhere close to Keith Richards"

Glyns John's Record Producer.

"Keith richards is the the epitome of a rock Guitarist"

Brian Johnson Vocalist AC/DC

"Keith Richards wrote the dictionary on Rock and Roll , Songwriter, Guitar Slinger, and Troupedor"

Sheryl Crow Singer Songwriter

[lady-whistledowns]

♫"What is it, what is it I must do? Let me come, let me come home to you, If I tell you promise me you'll be there."♫

Daisy Jones & The Six → Track 7 - She's gone

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lestat: i love all of my fledglings equally

also lestat:

[crazykuroneko]

Why That Major 'Interview With the Vampire' Character Was Left Out of Episode 3

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BILLY & CAMILA DUNNE daisy jones & the six trailer ; 2023

[kevinsdsy]

hey hi whats up. halloween is almist upon us. have u thought abt making a soc med au fir halloween maybe? if bot thats totally fine i js thought it would be rlly cute and funny w all the couples costumes

THIS IS LITERALLY THE CUTEST AND MOST FUN IDEA THANK YOU FOR THE INBOX HEHEHEHE i didn’t have many ideas (i’ve become rusty) but these are what i could come up with 😞🫣

bonus (jean putting his dislike towards lucas aside to jump on the shawn slander train):

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Propaganda:

he would make really shitty makeup asmr or oddly specific roleplays "pov giving you a drag look at 3am in cuba (you're Marilyn Monroe)"

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PINK CLOTHES IN MUSIC VIDEOS PT. 1